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As someone who walks a lot in NYC and frequently sees ambulances/fire trucks caught in traffic, I’m not sure what the mystery is here. This is just what happens
by paulgb 2y ago
As someone who walks a lot in NYC and frequently sees ambulances/fire trucks caught in traffic, I’m not sure what the mystery is here. This is just what happens when you fill the streets to capacity, normalize double-parking, and then try to move an extra wide vehicle.
Hopefully congestion pricing helps once it’s finally implemented. I don’t see a solution that doesn’t involve fewer cars on the road.
- stbenjam 2y agoWhy doesn’t NYC have smaller ambulances? In Berlin for example they’re normal width vehicles. Maybe they're not equipped the same but all that gear won’t do anything if you can’t get there.
- elromulous 2y agoThe other part of it is the complete and total apathy of drivers. They'll hear/see an ambulance in their rearview and despite having sometimes the option to move to the side, will just sit there, expecting someone in another lane to move out of the way.